New Republic: “For New York developers, blatant deception isn’t just good for business—it’s completely legal”

The April 2017 issue of the New Republic focuses on the U.S. President in a collection of articles, including “Why Lying Is So Easy for Trump”:

Kate Wood, president of the preservation advocacy group Landmark West, says New York developers sometimes destroy architectural features on an old building to prevent it from being subjected to landmark status. And she has seen developers understate the likely revenue of new buildings when trying to get permission to build them. Some falsely claim that certain floors will be used for community instead of commercial purposes. “It kind of comes down to ‘alternative facts,’” says Wood. “There are facts that we in the public and nonprofit advocacy sector see, and there’s how developers see the world.”